diff --git a/quantize.py b/quantize.py
index 557e4e58f..12647940c 100755
--- a/quantize.py
+++ b/quantize.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 """Script to execute the "quantize" script on a given set of models."""
 
 import argparse
+import contextlib
 import glob
 import multiprocessing
 import os
@@ -10,6 +11,27 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 
 
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def create_executor(threads=1):
+    if threads > 1:
+        pool = multiprocessing.Pool(threads)
+
+        def executor(func, *args):
+            pool.apply_async(func, args)
+
+    else:
+
+        def executor(func, *args):
+            return func(*args)
+
+    try:
+        yield executor
+    finally:
+        if threads > 1:
+            pool.close()
+            pool.join()
+
+
 def main():
     """Update the quantize binary name depending on the platform and parse
     the command line arguments and execute the script.
@@ -49,9 +71,12 @@ def main():
         help='Specify the path to the "quantize" script.'
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        '-c', '--cores', dest='cores',
-        help='Specify the number of parallel quantization tasks',
-        default=min(4, os.cpu_count())
+        '-t',
+        '--threads',
+        dest='threads',
+        type=int,
+        help='Specify the number of parallel quantization tasks [default=%(default)s]',
+        default=min(4, os.cpu_count()),
     )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
@@ -65,39 +90,39 @@ def main():
         )
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    pool = multiprocessing.Pool(args.cores)
-    for model in args.models:
-        # The model is separated in various parts
-        # (ggml-model-f16.bin, ggml-model-f16.bin.0, ggml-model-f16.bin.1...)
-        f16_model_path_base = os.path.join(
-            args.models_path, model, "ggml-model-f16.bin"
-        )
+    with create_executor(args.threads) as executor:
+        for model in args.models:
+            # The model is separated in various parts
+            # (ggml-model-f16.bin, ggml-model-f16.bin.0, ggml-model-f16.bin.1...)
+            f16_model_path_base = os.path.join(
+                args.models_path, model, "ggml-model-f16.bin"
+            )
 
-        if not os.path.isfile(f16_model_path_base):
-            print(f'The file %s was not found' % f16_model_path_base)
-            sys.exit(1)
-
-        f16_model_parts_paths = map(
-            lambda filename: os.path.join(f16_model_path_base, filename),
-            glob.glob(f"{f16_model_path_base}*")
-        )
-
-        for f16_model_part_path in f16_model_parts_paths:
-            if not os.path.isfile(f16_model_part_path):
-                print(
-                    f"The f16 model {os.path.basename(f16_model_part_path)} "
-                    f"was not found in {args.models_path}{os.path.sep}{model}"
-                    ". If you want to use it from another location, set the "
-                    "--models-path argument from the command line."
-                )
+            if not os.path.isfile(f16_model_path_base):
+                print(f'The file %s was not found' % f16_model_path_base)
                 sys.exit(1)
 
-            pool.apply_async(
-                __run_quantize_script,
-                (args.quantize_script_path, f16_model_part_path, args.remove_f16),
+            f16_model_parts_paths = map(
+                lambda filename: os.path.join(f16_model_path_base, filename),
+                glob.glob(f"{f16_model_path_base}*"),
             )
-    pool.close()
-    pool.join()
+
+            for f16_model_part_path in f16_model_parts_paths:
+                if not os.path.isfile(f16_model_part_path):
+                    print(
+                        f"The f16 model {os.path.basename(f16_model_part_path)} "
+                        f"was not found in {args.models_path}{os.path.sep}{model}"
+                        ". If you want to use it from another location, set the "
+                        "--models-path argument from the command line."
+                    )
+                    sys.exit(1)
+
+                executor(
+                    __run_quantize_script,
+                    args.quantize_script_path,
+                    f16_model_part_path,
+                    args.remove_f16,
+                )
 
 
 def __run_quantize_script(script_path, f16_model_part_path, remove_f16):